Wednesday, December 26, 2012

HI all! I've added Pam's workshop to our page on Classes and Workshops in the tab at the top of the page, but I wanted to make sure you didn't miss it! (And contributors, if you've got a new workshop, do let me know so I can add it!)

Illustrated Nature Journaling: Creating a Sense of Place

with

Pam Johnson Brickell

February 15 &
16 • 10:00 am – 3:30 pm • BYO Lunch

Coastal Art Supply

812 Port Republic Street • Beaufort, SC • 843-524-2787

Fee:
$175

$75
deposit

Min/Max
5/8

Join
Pam for classroom instruction in watercolor and pen sketching along with
hand-lettering. Put techniques learned into practice with plein air
sketching around Port Royal’s Cypress Wetlands Trail. Gain observation and eye/hand coordination
skills, learn about nature and most of all, discover the joy of capturing the
area, you choose to call home, in your heart and journal!

Pam,
a SC Master Naturalist, has an international following of her illustrated
journals and is a contributing artist in Cathy Johnson's Artist Journal
Workshop book, is a co-author of the
book's companion blog, and an invited contributor of Johnson's Sketching in Nature blog.

Weather
will dictate plein air sketching times.
Plan A: classroom sessions from 10 – noon daily, then we’ll drive to the
town of Port Royal for afternoon sketching along the Cypress Wetlands
Trail. The trail is a half a mile in
length and consists of pathways and boardwalks that are easily navigated and
can be somewhat sheltered from the wind.

Do
dress accordingly. Bring your
sketchbooks and either a travel watercolor set or watercolor pencils,
waterbrush(es), Micron pen, pencil and eraser.

We
will eat lunch as we wrap up our classroom session. Please BYO lunch/drink so we can be efficient
with our time. It will take 20 minutes
or so to drive to Port Royal.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Recently, I needed to use a walker for a while, and drew it--you may have seen those posts! Then I graduated back to my collection of canes. They're so cool and idiosyncratic, I just had to draw them.

These were with my old standby Micron Pigma, done in the little journal Roz Stendahl made with Arches Text Wove paper...fun!

Some are mainstays, like the T-shaped one and the more iconic cane 2nd from left, and some are just too fun, like the one on the right. Some mean a lot to me, since my husband either gave them to me or MADE them for me.